Feb 15 Meteor Explodes Over Central Russia Triggering Destructive Sonic Blast Travelling at hypersonic speed, the meteor -- seen above the city of Chelyabinsk, east of the Ural mountains -- exploded and the resulting shock wave smashed windows and set off car alarms. Photo by www.chelyabinsk.ru/REUTERS. A meteor streaking through… Continue reading
Feb 08 With Unfinished Business, NASA Plans More Missions to Mars The Mars "Curiosity" rover's mission to the red planet has been hailed as a success, so why does NASA want to keep going back to the same place again and again? Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explain. Adam… Continue reading
Feb 01 Keeping Your Company, Personal Info Safe from Social Engineering Hacks Keep your computer safe from hackers. Before you click on a link in an email, ask yourself a few questions: do you recognize the domain name? Is your name spelled correctly in the email? What time was the email sent?… Continue reading
Jan 16 How Math Got Its Groove Back EmbedVideo(5473, 482, 304); This is an edited version of a video produced by Jill Granger. To view the original video, click here. Carrie Lewis and Kelly Steele's fifth grade students slide and spin across the classroom… Continue reading
Jan 01 Is the Amazon Rainforest Drying Out? A river rises in the Andes and flows east to the Amazon, Ucayali River in Peru. Photo by Bates Littlehales/National Geographic/Getty Images TARAPOTO, Peru -- For tropical ecologist Gregory Asner, flying over the Peruvian Amazon from the town… Continue reading
Nov 30 Lunch in the Lab: Mars Rover Tells Fans to ‘Chill’ A type of sea slug, called a Spanish Shawl, or Flabellina iodinea. Photo by Kent Treptow. Welcome to Lunch in the Lab, a virtual platter of science news, delivered fresh by the NewsHour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Continue reading
Nov 28 Einstein’s Brain, Storms on Saturn and Bigfoot DNA A picture and model of Albert Einstein's brain was on display during a preview of a March 2012 exhibition in London called "Brains: mind of matter." Photo by Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images. Five years ago, while reviewing a paper that… Continue reading
Nov 26 Climate Summit Begins in Doha; Fiscal Cliff Could Mean Cuts to Science The opening ceremony of the United Nations climate conference in Doha was held on Monday, launching the talks. Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images. World leaders, climate scientists and activists are converging in oil-rich Qatar this week for the United… Continue reading
Nov 21 Super-Jupiter, Fighting Floods and What’s the News on Mars? Artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. Update: 1:30 p.m. ET | Science watchers are buzzing that NASA's Curiosity rover has found something on Mars. But hell if anyone knows what it is. Continue reading
Nov 19 Voices From Superstorm Sandy A resident walks the debris filled beaches of Staten Island/ NewsHour photo by Brian Dentz NEW YORK -- Life on the shore is precarious for New Yorkers in the seaside neighborhoods of Breezy Point, Staten Island and Coney Island. Continue reading